World Series Predictions
 

I'll go with Yankees in 7.

MVP: Sabathia

NT

I'm going with the Yankees sweeping the Phillies, with all 4 games being close and competitive, but the Yankees winning them all.

MVP will be Derek Jeter.

Phillies in 6

Yankees in 6
AROD MVP

Chalk eater

Philly in 4 .......clutch is still living in the city of brotherly love.

While Cleveland's GM Mark Shapiro hangs in effigy for selling both starters in Game 1 for 50 cents on a dollar......nice job.

Series price Yanks-230 Philly +190

I'm not picking anyone cause it goes against my baseball religion.. but it should be a great series. I say 6 or 7 games. But then again I said that in the NLCS.

One thing that is interesting is that Philly has lost only one game in each of the last 5 post season series they have played in. And, when the Phillies played the Yankees in NY earlier this year... the Yankees were coming into the series on a 9 game winning streak.. and the Phils SHOULD have swept them but Lidge blew 2 saves... we won one of the games he blew the save though. So we were 1 blown save away from a sweep when the Yanks were playing as well as they have played. The bad thing is, we still have Brad Lidge. People are pretending he's turned a new page but I dont believe it for a second. The only good part is that its the World Series and Cholly isnt just gonna leave Lidge in when he's choking.. unlike the rest of the year.

Phillies were 17 blown saves away from being the best team in baseball this year.


Also, I really hope almost everyone on here picks the Yankees.

Janks in 7. Teixeira MVP.

It will be boring and there will be lots of crabs, ball scratching, and spitting of sunflower seeds by grossly overpaid roided-up douchenozzles.

Yankees in 5.. ARod MVP :(

Not really a Phillies fan, but I'm taking them to beat the Yanks. The Yankees looked good cuz the Angels played like crap. Their offensive lineup is soft(Angels) Just seems like Phillies have better offense through the lineup. But the Phils better be ahead late cuz the Yanks bullpen is the real deal.

Kruk last night said of all the positions (based on offense though not defense) he would take all the Philly guys except shortstop (Jeter over Jroll) and 3rd base (aroid over feliz).

The outfield isn't even a question, especially with Swisher playing like garbage but I'd rather have Posada when he's performing at the level he's supposed to. That doesn't include that I'd take the Yankees rotation over the Phils any day.

NT

But even then, his defensive sucks and there isn't a guy around who is more clueless than him on the bases (not to mention that he has to be one of the slowest guys in the league).

I'll give you that for the most part... Cliff Lee (in the post season) has pitched as well or better than ANYONE. Pedro has been AWESOME for us this year and completely shut down the Dodgers... I really hope they use him for a start.

Hamels has been garbage and shouldnt even get a start but he will. I love Blanton.. I know Chuck disagree's but Blanton is our bulldog and I trust him in the Series. Happ had a great year... was voted best rookie by his peers.. I bet he wont start but he will be fine out of the pen (he hasnt been great out of the pen yet but he's got a real bad deal by some umps so far.. hitting the corners and getting balls called).

Our rotation is NOT a weak spot at all.. though Yankee's is better for the most part. One thing yankees should hope they dont have to pitch CC three times... i just have a good (bad for yankee fans) feeling about that.

Our bullpen is the weak spot.. though Durbin has been great so far in the post.. Eyre is solid.. Madson had choked.. Chan Ho Park has been good.. somehow Lidge has been saving games but I expect him to blow one though I pray he doesnt.

If Lidge blows even one save the Yankees will win the series.

Posada is the catcher right? I'll take Ruiz for sure.

The three best postseason players so far have been Ryan Howard, A-roid, and Ruiz. Hands down. Ruiz has been unbelievable.

4 or 5 for the Yankees.

Kruk is a terrible homer and I wouldn't listen to anything he said regarding the Phillies.

He was right though. Utley is the best 2nd basemen in baseball. Texteria or however you spell it is a great fielder.. but I'd take Howard by a freaking mile (and so would the Boss). The two have been night and day in the playoffs. Our outfielders are superior at the plate and Ruiz has been unbelievable.

Only Arod and Jeter are > than Jroll and Feliz.

It just makes me feel pretty good seeing that 80% of the people on here are picking the yanks. Honestly.

Howard by a mile? Really?

.279/.360/.571/.931, 45 HR 141 RBI 75 BB 186 K 14 errors
.292/.383/.565/.948, 39 HR 122 RBI 81 BB 114 K 4 errors

Seems like a wash to me.

And your outfield is definitely better, but I'm sorry, Posada is a way better hitter than Ruiz. I really could care less about a 9-game sample, your guy hit freaking .255 with 9 HRs this year, stop it.

If you would like to you can post this years post season #'s.. night and day.

oh for sure... There's a huge factor that isnt measured by the numbers above and that is CLUTCH. I dont think anyone who has watched the playoffs so far would choose Texeria.

"Just get me to the plate, boys"

You are right in general but there is no way I wouldnt take Ruiz right now. The 9 game sample is all that matters right now.

Only Howard and Arod have played better this post. And Ruiz has been TERRIFIC behind the plate.

Sure Posada historically is a much better hitter, but you can have him and I'm perfectly fine with that!

Only an idiot would take Ruiz over Posada. Oh yeah its john Kruk.

Not only that but Tex is a switch hitter while Howard is awful against leftys. Last I saw the Yankees are going to start lefties in all the games except the ones Burnett goes in. In the field it is a mismatch.

I will say that the Phillies biggest edge is in the field as they are better at every defensive position except 1st base. Though CF is close to a wash.

Maybe so but Jeter, A Rod and Cano are no slouches and all have looked pretty spotless in the field lately. The Yanks outfield is inferior but I dont think this is the kind of "perceived weakness" that will even cost them even one game, much less the series. I think they win 4 close games in a row. :tro:

I said in this series. Not overall. Ruiz is the man right now. Like I said, you can have him.

Comparing statistics with the Yankees this year is pointless cause of the new ballpark. Here is the home HR's vs away HRs, everyone but Swisher and Matsui had seriously inflated numbers from playing in the new Yankee stadium. Double the away number and you have a far better indicator of how many HRs they would hit in a fair ballpark:

A-Rod – 18/12
Melky – 9/4
Jeter – 13/5
Posada – 14/8
Damon – 17/7
Matsui – 13/15
Cano – 14/11
Teixeira – 24/15
Swisher – 8/21

Only an idiot would want Tex in the WS before Ryan Howard ;)

I'm very comfortable with my team going into the series thats for sure. Our guys are going to be EXTRA fired up playing against the Yanks too.

If Lidge blows 1 or more saves... we're screwed. Other than that I'm ready for this series to start!

in one of the games these two teams played in the Yankee's Minor A ballpark, 7 home runs were hit, 4 by Philly, 3 by NY. Think Philly won 7-3 in that game. There will be a lot of souvenieers (sp?) for fans sitting in the outfield seats in both stadiums.

Interestingly Philly played as the most fair stadium in the league this year in terms of home runs hit at home against on the road. I didn't realize Cleveland was such a bad hitters park:

Total HRS in game, hit + pitched
TEAM Road Game HRs Home Game HRS Ratio
NY Yankees 188 237 1.261
LA Angels 159 194 1.220
Texas 180 215 1.194
Chicago Sox 161 192 1.193
Baltimore 173 205 1.185
Cincinnati 159 187 1.176
Florida 150 169 1.127
Minnesota 168 189 1.125
Colorado 159 172 1.082
Milwaukee 188 201 1.069
Pittsburgh 134 143 1.067
Houston 154 164 1.065
NY Mets 123 130 1.057
Arizona 167 174 1.042
Philadelphia 206 207 1.005
Chicago Cubs 161 160 0.994
Toronto 196 194 0.990
Washington 167 162 0.970
San Francisco 133 129 0.970
Boston 193 186 0.964
Detroit 186 179 0.962
Tampa Bay 197 185 0.939
Oakland 151 140 0.927
Seattle 176 156 0.886
LA Dodgers 145 127 0.876
Atlanta 144 124 0.861
Kansas City 176 134 0.761
St. Louis 163 120 0.736
San Diego 179 129 0.721
Cleveland 206 138 0.670

By this logic I should take Melky or Damon over Ibanez. Equally as silly.

I think the Phillies have a real shot in this series actually. We'll see.

Phillies in 6, Lee is MVP after giving up 0 ER's :)

Phils in 6

Victorino MVP

I like the Yankees. I don't trust the Phills bullpen.

I say Bernie Williams wins it for the Yanks with a clutch Game 6 homer off of Mitch Williams.

AGREE

lol.... So they are going to beat CC in game 1.
Keep dreaming.

Hes not saying the Phillies will win Game 1. Lee can still give 0 ER and the Phillies can lose game 1, yet still win this in 6 games. Ever hear of the bullpen? Extra Innings? Games ending 1-0?

Lee is going to have a 0 ERA and loose. Come on Gander. Your a hater anyway and now your on the Yanks Wagon... Hop off and hope Boston regroups and at least makes the next 3-6 years COMPETITIVE.

I cant beleive all the s h i t on the dugout floors. These guys are really pigs.